By: Kara Kimbrough Here’s a sobering thought. The overall quality of life of Americans living in the previous century compared to...

By Kara Kimbrough      The advent of fall is still a couple of weeks away. However, that hasn’t stopped me from looking through my recipe...

By: Kara Kimbrough Just like the old adage that white shoes can't be worn after Labor Day, there seems to be a misconception that...

By Kara Kimbrough    School has begun and for some, this means the end of summer adventures. However, vacation season is far from over...

By: Kara Kimbrough It’s always a sad day when a longtime restaurant closes, especially one that gave us a genuinely good menu item that...

By Kara Kimbrough Just when I thought I’d seen it all, an online group of over 250,000 fans of Carnation Breakfast Bars has joined...

By Kara Kimbrough As much as we’d like to be able to enjoy hearty bowls of chili, gumbo, taco soup and beef stew year-round, it’s just...

By Kara Kimbrough I have no shame about sharing this: I often peruse social media sites when looking for recipes that: A. I haven’t yet...

By: Kara Kimbrough Overheard in the supermarket: “ I don’t cook anything with more than five ingredients!” I waited for the inevitable...

By: Kara Kimbrough Elements of home in the form of Mississippi State University alum Dak Prescott’s large presence in the Dallas Cowboys’...

By Kara Kimbrough Describing the unique features and sights of charming Grapevine, Texas in a few hundred words is an impossible task....

By: Kara Kimbrough I’m not sure how – or when – it happened, but 2024 is more than halfway done. Before more time elapses, here are the...

By Kara Kimbrough I've always loved the Mississippi Gulf Coast for its unending natural beauty stretching as far as the eye can see…among...

By Kara Kimbrough Newsflash:  Fourth of July 2024 will be a hot one. Since it's a couple of weeks away, I haven’t yet seen the weather...

By Kara Kimbrough First, the bad news: It’s hot. Even worse, the official start of summer is still days away. But things are not all...

By Kara Kimbrough Disclaimer: I’m a big supporter of restaurants. I enjoy visiting and writing about them, especially family-owned ones....

By Kara Kimbrough Memorial Day marked the official start of summer and that means it's time to enjoy the great outdoors. An easy way to...

By Kara Kimbrough The City of Jackson is filled with many wonderful historic attractions, including my favorite, the beautiful Old...

By Kara Kimbrough Mother’s Day may have come and gone, along with a few college graduations, but there are still plenty of special...

By Kara Kimbrough Ordinarily, I will entertain an alternate train of thought...but on this topic, I stand first. One of – if not THE –...